Indian River (Michigan)

:"There is also the unincorporated community named Indian River, Michigan."

Indian River is the name of two separate rivers in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Upper Peninsula

Indian River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan rises out of Hovey Lake at coord|46|17|36|N|86|42|20|W| on Hiawatha National Forest land in Alger County and flows south and east through a lake district and on through Schoolcraft County. The river flows into the 8,659 acre (35 km²) Indian Lake at coord|46|17|36|N|86|42|20|W| and flows out at coord|45|59|30|N|86|17|15|W|. It then flows east and south about 2.5 miles where it merges with the Manistique River, which then flows through Manistique and into Lake Michigan at coord|45|56|56|N|86|14|45|W|.

Major tributaries include the Little Indian River, Murphy Creek, Big Murphy Creek, and Smith Creek.

Lower Peninsula

Indian River in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is a short (approximately 3.5 mile) waterway in Cheboygan County that flows from Burt Lake at coord|45|24|37|N|84|37|19|W| to Mullett Lake at coord|45|27|05|N|84|34|39|W|. The unincorporated community of Indian River is named after the river.

The river is part of the great "Inland Waterway" of Michigan, by which one can boat from Crooked Lake several miles east of Petoskey on the Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan across the northern tip of the lower peninsula's "mitten" to Cheboygan on Lake Huron.